Three Frontiers : Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850–1900
by
Dean L. May
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
ISBN-10
0521434998
ISBN-13
9780521434997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 26th, 1994
Print length
324 Pages
Weight
640 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 15.80 x 2.50 cms
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This book explores the changing values and aspirations of settlers in the American Far West by comparing the groups who settled in the Willamette Valley in the 1840s, the Utah Valley in the 1850s, and the Boise Valley in the 1860s.
This book explores the values and aspirations of early settlers in the American Far West. It compares those who settled in the Willamette Valley in the 1840s, the Utah Valley in the 1850s, and the Boise Valley in the 1860s. The Oregon and Utah settlers tried with differing degrees of success to resist the modernizing trends represented by Idaho, but ultimately adopted their individualistic, commercial, and acquisitive values. How did Americans move away from a culture centering on family and kin and from attitudes that valued and protected the land, not for its commercial worth, but as the base of support for future generations? What led to the present tendency to pursue individual pleasure and material well-being at the expense of communal and broader societal well-being? These two questions are central to this comparative study of the three groups who pioneered the Western frontier.
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